More ESPN stupidity... check out this poll. LOL

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how many times do we have to have this conversation: The ESPN FPI isn't a poll. its a computer generated Power Ranking. It take the information given to it from the season thusfar and pairs the teams together hundreds and/or thousands of times and determines who wins how many times to determine its rankings.
 
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18 is a pretty generous ranking IMO. Let's not mistake the SCjr win with something special. They're a pretty bad team. Losing to a very average UF team...AGAIN...certainly doesn't enhance our standing. We're headed into the meat of our schedule. Let's see how we do vs aTm, Bama and UK. If we win those, we'll be movin' on up. Right now we're fools gold in a lot of minds. Speaking for myself, after Saturday, I'm encouraged, but still not a believer in this team or Joe Milton. Hope they prove me wrong.
 
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CAVPUT said:
18 is a pretty generous ranking IMO. Let's not mistake the SCjr win with something special. They're a pretty bad team. Losing to a very average UF team...AGAIN...certainly doesn't enhance our standing. We're headed into the meat of our schedule. Let's see how we do vs aTm, Bama and UK. If we win those, we'll be movin' on up. Right now we're fools gold in a lot of minds. Speaking for myself, after Saturday, I'm encouraged, but still not a believer in this team or Joe Milton. Hope they prove me wrong.
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I'm not saying it's always you just because it is this time, but after every win someone always tells us how average or terrible the team we just beat is. It's so tiring. And a bit condescending too. We all know who SC is and we know who Florida is.

I also know that no matter how good or bad a team really is, they're better and or worse every Saturday.

Yeah, I'm just rambling now and about to get triggered thinking about the Florida game. It's all good.
 
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CNCVol88 said:
how many times do we have to have this conversation: The ESPN FPI isn't a poll. its a computer generated Power Ranking. It take the information given to it from the season thusfar and pairs the teams together hundreds and/or thousands of times and determines who wins how many times to determine its rankings.
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All true .... and yet, any metric which has Georgia #7 is hard to take seriously.
 
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CNCVol88 said:
They have looked very pedestrian all year long compared to some of the other programs out there.
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It has Alabama 3rd. Would you say that they have looked sharp? I wouldn't.

... and having Alabama even one spot ahead of Texas is silly. Texas is undefeated, and they beat Alabama by 10 points in Bryant-Denny.
 
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Computers hate us
Everyone hates us
The world owes us
We are always victims
Nothing is fair
 
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CNCVol88 said:
how many times do we have to have this conversation: The ESPN FPI isn't a poll. its a computer generated Power Ranking. It take the information given to it from the season thusfar and pairs the teams together hundreds and/or thousands of times and determines who wins how many times to determine its rankings.
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Yeah I know how it works Cochise. Computers are also subject to bias entered by the programmers. When I got to number 3 on the list, and being that it is a ranking generated by the Gump loving network from Bristol and Birmingham, that bias became obvious. At least you admitted that it works based on information 'given' to it.

But please tell us that you don't believe that Bama is really a more 'powerful' team than the one that spanked them at home.

And whatever is not you want to call it a 'poll' or not, it is influential in building those polls that do matter.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Can anyone get onboard with THIS nonsense?

MSN

www.msn.com
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Seeing as how 247 has us listed as the #19 team in the nation as far as roster talent goes, I can absolutely see how a computer would offer that output. Garbage in, garbage out.
 
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Behr says:
I also know that no matter how good or bad a team really is, they're better and or worse every Saturday.

Yeah, I'm just rambling now and about to get triggered thinking about the Florida game. It's all good.
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lol. I know you start to get triggered when you think about the Florida loss. I do too. Just say to yourself, "It's that swamp voodoo." (See SEC Shorts on You Tube) if you don't get my reference.
 
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